Looking at gladiatorial games helps us understand Roman entertainment and the complex role of gladiators in ancient Roman culture. The Colosseum was more than just a place for gladiator fights.

“The omission of armed battle between single gladiators at Herod’s games may have been a concession ... Jews had a complex and rocky relationship with ancient Rome, which went through several ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... public spectacles. The games took place in amphitheaters. Gladiators would be sent ...

Presents a survey of the emergence, the major accomplishments, the failures, and the decline of the ancient ... games in the Homeric tradition, the development of the Greek Olympics, and Roman ...